I always thought JEFF LYNNE never got the recognition he deserved.
You say "Jeff Lynne" around people, even those from his period, they never heard of him. You say "ELO", they go "YEAH, I remember THEM!"... the BEST i can hope for is some people from the period remember he was the "lead singer" for ELO... most dont realize he pretty much *was* elo...
*shrugs* His range was from "full on progressive composer" to rock and ballads, clean into 80s stuff.
(I think I will always love "Ticket to the Moon".)
you can hear his major influence on Tom Petty when he started producing Petty, and was in the Wilburys too..